Portable Guides

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Law Enforcement Response to Child Abuse (March 2001, NCJ 162425)

This portable guide provides information to help law enforcement personnel ensure consistency in child abuse investigations and offers suggestions on how police officers can work with physicians, respond to domestic disturbance calls, and place children in protective custody. PDF

Diagnostic Imaging of Child Abuse (March 2000, NCJ 161235)

This portable guide provides guidelines for the use of diagnostic imaging in medical evaluations that are designed to determine whether an injury is evidence of child abuse. PDF

This portable guide delineates the benefits of forming a multidisciplinary team of professionals from law enforcement, child protective services, prosecution, medicine, counseling, and related fields to investigate cases of child abuse and neglect. PDF